Microsoft will stop updating its Paint 3D application at the end of this year. It is possible that the application can still be used, but receive no more updates.
Microsoft Paint 3D was introduced in Windows 10 as an intended successor to the classic Paint application. The creativity app included a more modern user interface, more 2D and 3D functionality, and support for PNG files and layers. However, as of November this year, the application will no longer be supported, reports an end-user on the social media platform X.
The 2017 application resulted from the Windows maker’s idea that end users would increasingly work with 3D images. This was partly due to the emergence of applications such as Microsoft’s HoloLens AR/VR device or the introduction of 3D objects in the then-existing mobile operating system Windows Phone.
Little interest
End users, however, had little interest in the Paint 3D application they found in Windows 10 and later in Windows 11. They remained and continue to cling to the classic version. The tech giant, therefore, backed down and left the classic version of Paint present in Windows.
More so, since the introduction of Windows 11 in 2021, users have actually become more interested in the classic Paint application. Microsoft has continuously expanded the features of classic Paint with a more modern interface and new features.
Phasing out as of Nov. 4
As of now, Paint 3D receives a default warning that the app will no longer be available for download as of Nov. 4. Current users of the application will likely still be able to use it but will no longer receive updates.
Paint 3D is not the only default Microsoft application for Windows 10 that has been killed in Windows 11 in recent years. Earlier, voice assistant Cortana, Mail & Calendar and Tips were also removed from the operating system.
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